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BED 0.2
Bermuda EDitor
(c) Vincent Pomey, 1993
This file is supposed to be written in english and should
be considered as the documentation of Bed.
INTRODUCTION
============
Bed is a Motif-based FidoNet message editor. It runs with
a Bermuda message base (aka Pandora format, The-Box format etc).
In order to use it, you should use the Bermuda mail processing
software (or equivalent). Bermuda has been posted to alt.sources
recently.
It is largely based on the look and feel of Led, a similar
message reader on Atari ST written by Volkmar Wieners and Roland Bohn.
You need an Ansi compiler (e.g. GCC) and the Motif libraries
to compile it. The file missing.c contains a few functions (strstr,
strftime) that your libraries may not have. Please check it, as well
as the associated file missing.h, and remove declarations if you
already have one of the function. I'm using a BSD 4.3 system.
No warranties included etc etc...
DOCUMENTATION
=============
You need to set the MAILER variable to the directory containing
tb.cfg (or bermuda.cfg). This file is the configuration file of
Bermuda, please refer to Bermuda manual for more information. It will
create in that directory led.new, which contains the lastread pointers.
The "editor" ressource in Bed sets the editor to use for message writing.
When you are asked for a destination, you may enter the user+node
in two formats :
Francois Francois @ 2:320/100.0
or
Francois Francois (2:320/100.0)
The point part (.0) and the zone part (2:) are optionnal.
A user-list is kept in the MAILER directory, containing all the
user names and nodes you have put in it (either by hand or by using the
"Add user in ulist" function).
When entering a destination field, you may only enter the name,
Bed will look for the node number in the user list file. It is also
possible to abbreviate it with only the two initials : you may write a
message to vp, it will be correctly expanded if you have the line :
Vincent Pomey 2:320/100.0
in you ulist file. Note that the separator
between the name part and the node part is a tab.
The carbon-copy option (send message to multiple users)
requires a "carbon file" where you put the names of all the carbon
receivers, one per line. All valid destination formats previously
explained are ok (abbreviations etc). You choose carbon copy amongst
the messages flags.
The search option accept any regular expression. Thus it is case
sensitive if you ask for a 'conventional' string.
The previous subject/next subject search for message with the same
subject (ignoring the eventual heading Re:)
TODO
====
Headers editing
Built-in editor ?
Space will scroll down the message (I need to look in my Motif book)
More option in search (case insensitive etc)
That's all folks !
vincent@stell.frmug.fr.net or Vincent Pomey (2:320/100.2)